Events & Exhibits
Event
- Title:
- Writers' Workshop
- When:
- Sat, Mar. 27, 2010 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Where:
- Mark Twain Museum Gallery - Hannibal
- Category:
- Program
Description
Join museum director, Dr. Cindy Lovell, for an engaging writers' workshop in the town that inspired Twain's greatest writings. We will use some of Mark Twain's own advice to writers for jumping off points on a variety of writing topics. Writers' workshops are a great place to share your writer's voice and share in the camaraderie of other writers. We will write, share, laugh, cry, think, and write some more. No other location offers such a unique setting as the hometown of America's greatest writers.
Lovell has published numerous articles and essays, text book chapters and two children’s novels, Rachel Mason Hears the Sound and Not This Sunday. She is presently working on a two-volume encyclopedia titled All Things Twain for Greenwood Press. Lovell and museum curator, Henry Sweets, have hosted two weeklong writing workshops for young authors. This generated many requests from adults to offer something similar. “We’ll begin with these one-day workshops and see if there is an interest in expanding them into something like a writers’ weekend at some point,” Lovell said. “For now it will be interesting to use Mark Twain’s writing advice as a jumping off point for writers. It will be fun.”
Participants are asked to call 573-221-9010, ext. 401 to reserve a place in the workshop. Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged.
Lovell has published numerous articles and essays, text book chapters and two children’s novels, Rachel Mason Hears the Sound and Not This Sunday. She is presently working on a two-volume encyclopedia titled All Things Twain for Greenwood Press. Lovell and museum curator, Henry Sweets, have hosted two weeklong writing workshops for young authors. This generated many requests from adults to offer something similar.
Participants are asked to call 573-221-9010, ext. 401 to reserve a place in the workshop. Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged.
Cost: $75
Includes: Continental breakfast, lunch, and a complimentary museum membership so you can return for future inspiration!
Includes: Continental breakfast, lunch, and a complimentary museum membership so you can return for future inspiration!
Click here for Registration Form
Teachers: If you are interested in earning graduate credit for this workshop, you can do so through Quincy University. You will be assigned a project to implement a writers' workshop with your students. The cost for QU credit is $160, payable on the day of the workshop, and you will earn 2 semester hours of credit.
Teachers: If you are interested in earning graduate credit for this workshop, you can do so through Quincy University. You will be assigned a project to implement a writers' workshop with your students. The cost for QU credit is $160, payable on the day of the workshop, and you will earn 2 semester hours of credit.
Venue
- Venue:
- Mark Twain Museum Gallery
- Street:
- 120 N. Main St.
- ZIP:
- 63401
- City:
- Hannibal
- State:
- MO
- Country:
-
Description
The Mark Twain Museum Gallery is a two-story facility that includes interactive exhibits of five of Twain's greatest works, 15 original Norman Rockwell paintings, and numerous Clemens family treasures. Events are held throughout: in the auditorium, the board room overlooking the Mississippi River, the Rockwell Gallery, and the exhibit area. Plan an event at the Museum Gallery by calling 573-221-9010, ext. 401 or 404.